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When did nike become a big skateboard shoe?

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Good_Deed
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I recall back in the day nike was hated by like 100% of all skaters and now i see skaters with them all the time what the hell. i still dis like em. can some one tell me why they are so big.
Aug 7 2006 12:25AM
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Good_Deed
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forgot to say , a friend of mine got a pair with in a week the upper toe came started to fall apart and it competely riped off when we were skating i think 2 weeks after he bought them.
Aug 7 2006 12:28AM
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DAMICO
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i would never skate nike...As Moish Brennan, art director for Consolidated Skateboards, put it…
"Nike is a huge multimillion dollar corporation that never gave a shit about skateboarding. The jocks who used to beat me up for skating wore Nikes and now Nike wants to be in with skaters? Uh-uh. It’s not going to happen. We’ve had to fight and scrimp and save, and it wasn’t so giant corporations could come along and buy their way in."
Aug 7 2006 12:28AM
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Sk3bUm
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yeah they are always on sale and they look pretty dope.
Aug 7 2006 12:29AM
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Good_Deed
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indeed
Aug 7 2006 12:31AM
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DAMICO
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yeah and this nike skateboarding shirt is probably the most hypocritical thing ive ever seen...

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Aug 7 2006 12:31AM
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Good_Deed
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did they really make that shirt?
Aug 7 2006 12:33AM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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wow, nike is liek the number 1 athletic company in the world, and people skete nike, since when,not around here
Aug 7 2006 12:34AM
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MarkieR
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hahahahaha that's retarded. fuck nike and the horse it rode in on.
Aug 7 2006 12:35AM
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DAMICO
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yeah dude isn't that crazy... active mailorder, a skateboarding mailorder company has them..check the site
Aug 7 2006 12:36AM
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DAMICO
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whats your point?
Aug 7 2006 12:37AM
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Good_Deed
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fuck nike, stick with true skate shoes, like ipaths
Aug 7 2006 12:39AM
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DAMICO
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yeah dude ive had two pairs so far and they are the most comfortable shoes ive ever owned...and i skated them for a while
Aug 7 2006 12:40AM
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MarkieR
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i'm gonna go ahead and retract that statement... i forgot i have like 2 pairs of low dunks, and i love them kind of alot.
Aug 7 2006 12:43AM
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DAMICO
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yeah i see your point, but it just seems so lame...i don't know to many skateboarders that would wear a nike shirt that says "jock" either...
Aug 7 2006 12:43AM
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Good_Deed
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they are being seroius about taking money from who ever dumb enough just reads it and is says ooh thats a nike shirt i got to have it
Aug 7 2006 12:43AM
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Sk3bUm
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haha
Aug 7 2006 12:44AM
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Spritz
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Yea it's definately a conspiracy. But that company is out to make money from everyone, and I must admit some of the new nikes are pretty cool
Aug 7 2006 12:46AM
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Good_Deed
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[img]http://a712.g.akamai.net/7/712/225/1d/www.eastbay.com/images/products/zoom/12971101_z.jpg[/img]
what the fuck are these things
Aug 7 2006 12:47AM
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Good_Deed
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[img]http://a712.g.akamai.net/7/712/225/1d/www.eastbay.com/images/products/large/12971101_l.jpg[/img]
Aug 7 2006 12:48AM
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DAMICO
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yeah maybe...oh well. i just hate to see true skateboarding companies lose money to big corporations like nike
Aug 7 2006 12:52AM
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Spritz
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yea maybe not those haha, but i would rock these: http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/catalog/pdp.jsp?productId=100142&categoryId=305904&productGroup=100141&catalogId=1#

go to www.nke6.com and they have some cool shoes there
Aug 7 2006 12:53AM
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aaron.ebner
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i think it's good that nike went into skateboarding. it's a posotive thing for skateboarding the money and advertising and such will help skateboarding as a whole to become more accepted and not shunned upon in the long run. and there is nothing wrong with nike shoes they skate amazing and i bet p-rod and all the other guys are making a killing skating for them.
Aug 7 2006 12:54AM
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Good_Deed
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those look like early 90s vans with just with a nike symbol on it
Aug 7 2006 12:55AM
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aaron.ebner
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this guy is just bitter cuz they didn't their guys a team manager shoe.
Aug 7 2006 12:55AM
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Spritz
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yea they kinda do now that you mention it, but still they skate pretty well
Aug 7 2006 12:56AM
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